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These Are Fact About Africa That Will Blow Your Mind by mistabiola: 11:39am On Dec 23, 2014
1. Gambia has only one university.

2. Equatorial Guinea is Africa’s only Spanish-speaking country.

3. South Africa is the most visited African country.

4. Nigeria has the richest Black people in Africa.

5. Samuel Eto’o is the highest paid Footballer of all time, he
received about £350,000 weekly in Russia in 2011.

6. A person from Botswana is called a Motswana, the plural is Batswana.

7. A person from Lesotho is called a Mosotho.

8. A person from Niger is called a Nigerien.

9. A person from Burkina Faso is called a Burkinabe.

10. Nigeria has won more football cups than England.

11. Zimbabwe’s President, Robert Gabriel Mugabe is the world’s most educated President with 7 degrees, two of them are Masters.

12. Al-Ahly of Egypt is the richest club in Africa.

13. Didier Drogba is Chelsea’s highest goal scorer in European competition.

14. Johannesburg, South Africa is the most visited city in Africa.

15. Zinedine Zidane wanted to play for Algeria, but the selector rejected him, saying they are already many players like him in the team.

16. President Jacob Zuma was once a referee in prison.

17. President Robert Mugabe was jailed for 11 years for fighting for freedom.

18. President Robert Mugabe is Africa’s oldest Head of State and the world’s second oldest Head of State. He was born 1924.

19. The Seychellois are the most educated Africans. Seychelles’ literacy rates (Adult: 92%, Youth: 99%) Zimbabwe is 2nd (Adult: 91.2%, Youth: 99%).

20. Rwanda is a better country for gender equality than England and USA.

21.Somalia got its first ATM on October 7, 2014.

22. South Africa has the most Grammy award winners in Africa.

23. Ethiopia has the most airports in Africa.

24. Ethiopia’s economy is growing faster than China’s.

25. Eritrea’s President, Isaiah Afwerki is the least richest President in Africa.

26. Ethiopia is Africa’s oldest independent country, it has existed for over 3,000 years without beingcolonised.

27. Haile Selassie 1 was the 225th and last Emperor of Ethiopia.

28. Nigeria has the most monarchs in the world.

29. Angola has more Portuguese speakers than Portugal.

30. President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos has ruled Angola since 1979.

31. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is Africa’s longest serving Head of State. He has ruled Equatorial Guinea since August 3, 1979 when he overthrew his uncle, Francisco Nguema. His son, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue is his Vice President and will succeed him if he resigns

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Re: These Are Fact About Africa That Will Blow Your Mind by alberto2k(m): 11:49am On Dec 23, 2014
Mind blown
Especially the one about SOMALIA
They just got their first ATM this year?
Chai! Lota Bush-people over there tho grin grin grin
Re: These Are Fact About Africa That Will Blow Your Mind by alberto2k(m): 12:05pm On Dec 23, 2014
Op u forgot 2 add these ones about Nigeria

*Nigeria has the highest number Musicians grin grin

*Nigeria has the highest number of thieves and criminals contesting for seat of power to continue thiefing our money undecided

*Nairaland is the Largest forum in africa

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Re: These Are Fact About Africa That Will Blow Your Mind by Nobody: 12:35pm On Dec 23, 2014
In african, anybody can fix anything!
Re: These Are Fact About Africa That Will Blow Your Mind by Nobody: 12:38pm On Dec 23, 2014
I taught it is Portuguese they speak in equatorial guinea
Re: These Are Fact About Africa That Will Blow Your Mind by ibson99(m): 12:55pm On Dec 23, 2014
The country South Africa actually consists of 3 countries, Swaziland, Lesotho and South Africa. Its like having kano and Edo state both existing as independent countries within Nigerian territory.
Re: These Are Fact About Africa That Will Blow Your Mind by mistabiola: 12:59pm On Dec 23, 2014
jomonic:
I taught it is Portuguese they speak in equatorial guinea

They speak spanish but the dialect of Spanish spoken in Equatorial Guinea is referred to as “Equatoguinean Spanish”. Spanish is their official language.

http://www.goafrica.about.com/od/morecountries/a/Equatorial-Guinea-Facts-And-Information.htm
Re: These Are Fact About Africa That Will Blow Your Mind by Nobody: 1:04pm On Dec 23, 2014
ibson99:
The country South Africa actually consists of 3 countries, Swaziland, Lesotho and South Africa. Its like having kano and Edo state both existing as independent countries within Nigerian territory.
No sir, Swaziland, Lesotho and Republic of South Africa are 3 independent countries each having full sovereignty

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Re: These Are Fact About Africa That Will Blow Your Mind by MudRaker: 1:22pm On Dec 23, 2014
Oduastan is a semi autonomous colony of Arewstan which was carved out of Nigeria after the lose of the 2015 elections by Ayatollah Buhari, the Supreme Iman Mahdi.

Odua People's Congress and Odua Independence Movement are currently agitating for a return to Nigeria but the current incumbent President, Goodluck Jonathan, of Nigeria has turned down several offers citing peace negotiation agreement signed between Nigeria and Arewastan.
Re: These Are Fact About Africa That Will Blow Your Mind by MudRaker: 1:30pm On Dec 23, 2014
Nigeria is the only country in Africa and three last remaining country globally alongside Pakistan and Afghanistan where polio is still pandemic owing to false conspiracy theory inspired sermons by ignoramus Islamic clergies claiming that the successful vaccines used across the globe to halt the disease was engineered by Israel to make Muslims infertile.
Re: These Are Fact About Africa That Will Blow Your Mind by MudRaker: 1:34pm On Dec 23, 2014
Adult literacy rate in Nigeria is estimated at 56% nationally.

Southern Nigeria has a literacy rate of 83% while northern Nigeria was estimated at 17%
Re: These Are Fact About Africa That Will Blow Your Mind by Horus(m): 2:06pm On Dec 23, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq4JKVkhvYs

[size=15pt]Botswana - Best Country of Sub-Saharan Africa[/size]
Botswana is the least corrupt country in Africa
Re: These Are Fact About Africa That Will Blow Your Mind by powerblaze(m): 2:41pm On Dec 23, 2014
Impressive

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Re: These Are Fact About Africa That Will Blow Your Mind by ibson99(m): 4:03pm On Dec 23, 2014
[quote author=barcanista post=29133848]No sir, Swaziland, Lesotho and Republic of South Africa are 3 independent countries each having full sovereignty [/ ] yeah, the same thing I said, they are all independent countries but Lesotho and Swaziland are surrounded by South Africa's territory.
Re: These Are Fact About Africa That Will Blow Your Mind by mistabiola: 5:16pm On Dec 23, 2014
[quote author=ibson99 post=29137972][/quote]

Yeah In the north of south Africa lie
s the neighbouring countries like Namibia, Botswana and
Zimbabwe; to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland; and
within it lies Lesotho, an enclave surrounded by South
African territory, Just the same way we have Countries that share the same land borders with Nigeria which are; Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.

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